Untitled

Oil painting on pressed paper board by Lauren Winfield Aldrich. The painting depicts a bison, elk, bear, deer, black bear, antelope, and a Rocky Mountain goat arranged by size. They stand in front of a pond with mountains in the background.

Lauren Winfield Aldrich (1868-1938) served as an army scout in Nebraska and Wyoming at forts along the route of the Union Pacific Railroad construction. Aldrich was assigned to Fort Laramie, Fort Russell, Fort Fetterman, and Fort Kearny. He documented his regiment's skirmishes with the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux Indians, as well as their dealings with the Pawnee scouts.